Famous Dirt Handicap races of NY:
Brooklyn Handicap (Discovery and Forego both won 3 straight)
Carter Handicap (no horse has ever won 3 straight)
Met Mile (Devil Diver only horse to win 3 straight -- Equipoise was DQ'd in '34 or would have joined him)
Suburban Handicap (no horse has ever won this race 3 times)
Whitney Handicap (Discovery is the only horse to win it 3 straight times)
Famous Dirt non handicaps of NY:
Jockey Club Gold Cup (Kelso won it 5 years in a row -- easily each time. No other horse has won it 3 straight)
Woodward (Forego won it 4 years in a row. Kelso won it 3 years in a row)
Famous Dirt Handicaps of CAL:
Santa Anita Handicap: (no horse has tripled)
Hollywood Gold Cup (Lava Man and Native Diver both won it 3 years in a row)
Pacific Classic (no horse has won it 3 years in a row)
No horse has won the Donn, Gulfstream Park Handicap, Stephen Foster, or Clark 3 times.
Goldikova is the only horse to ever win 3 Breeders Cup races -- as she won the BC Mile 3 years in a row.
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